DIARY DATES

NUMBER 16 – 4 June 2015

Fri 5 Jun Curriculum Day - Student Free Day

Mon 8 Jun Queens Birthday Public Holiday

Tues 9 Jun Yr 3 Girls Hoop Time Tryouts 12pm

Wed 10 Jun Prep Craftpower Incursion

Yrs 5 & 6 Maths Olympiad Contest two

in Room 1 at 12pm (selected students

only)

Thur 11 Jun Yr 3 Craftpower Incursion

Yr 3 Boys Hoop Time Tryouts 12pm

Fri 12 Jun Yr 6 Interschool Sport

Yr 3 Craftpower Incursion

National Buddy Day - Wear a Splash

of Purple and bring a gold coin

donation for the Alannah and

Madeline Foundation

Mon 15 Jun Yr 1 Incursion - Hands on Science

Junior School Assembly 2.55pm

Tues 16 Jun Yr 1 Incursion - Hands on Science

Yr 5/6 Girls Hoop Time Tryouts 12pm

ICAS Mathematics forms and money

due today for interested Yrs 3-6

students

Wed 17 Jun PTO opens at 6pm to book interviews

Thurs 18 Jun Yr 5/6 Boys Hoop Time Tryouts 12pm

Fri 19 Jun Yr 6 Winter Lightning Premiership

ICAS English forms and money due

today for interested Yrs 3-6 students

Mon 22 Jun Reports sent home to parents

Wed 24 Jun Parent Teacher Meetings 2.30pm -

7.30pm

Whole School Assembly 2.55pm

Thur 25 Jun Curriculum Day - Student Free Day

Fri 26 Jun Yr 6 Interschool Sport

Last Day Term 2, 2.30pm dismissal

time

Mon 13 July Term 3 commences at 9am

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

1:1 PROGRAM FOR YRS 2 AND 3

The PLPS Portal is now open for all parents to choose their preferred payment method and begin making payments to be part of the PLPS 1:1 Program. Log on to http://portal.lwt.com.au/PattersonLakesPS. The ‘Expression of Interest’ form, located in the information pack sent home to Yr 2 & 3 students on Monday 25th of May 2015 is now due back at school.

Please complete this form and return as soon as possible.

STAFF CAR PARK NEAR COLES

It has been brought to my attention that a number of pre-school children have been playing unsupervised around the staff car park on the Coles side of the school. Some have been throwing stones and even setting off alarms of cars. Please ensure that your children are supervised whilst waiting to pick up your school aged children and be mindful that this is not a safe area for young ones to be playing in.

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL

Thank you to Miss Conway for her organisation of the Walk Safely to School Day last Friday. It was great to see so many families participate.

CONGRATULATIONS

Kiran C (5B) has been selected for the 2015 Victorian Karate Team and will represent Victoria at the Australian Karate Federation National Championships in Adelaide later this year. Fantastic news Kiran. Good luck in August! SCHOOL CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS

Commencing this month, PLPS have restructured our system of presenting school awards and certificates.

There will be three levels of awards and certificates:-

Exceptional Achievement or Improvement

High Demonstration of our School Values

Encouragement and Improvement or Achievement in a

facet of schooling.

Exceed Expectations Award

Exceed Expectations is a Principal’s award and will be presented at Whole School Assemblies. There will be a maximum of two awards presented each assembly for students who have exhibited exceptional achievement or improvement. On occasion, there may be no award presented.

Student of the Week Certificate

This is a teacher’s award that will be presented during sub school assemblies to students who have exhibited high achievement of our school values - Integrity, Respect and Excellence. Student of the Week Certificates will only be awarded if there are students worthy of the award. There may be some weeks where awards will not be presented for all clas-ses or specialist areas.

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

BAND TOGETHER DAY

On Friday the 12th of June we are asking students to wear

a touch of purple and bring in a gold coin donation for

National Buddy Day. The proceeds will go to the Alannah

and Madeline Foundation.

The foundations goal is to help reduce bullying in primary

school, through education and much more..

We appreciate all of your support.

Regards

Mark Koppens and the JSC

SCHOOL CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS cont.

Classroom Awards

Every teacher has a reward system operating in their class or specialist area such as Dojo points, House points, stickers, certificates etc. These rewards are awarded to students for encouragement, improvement or achievement in a facet of schooling and are not part of sub school or whole school assemblies

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our ‘Student of the Week’ awards for Week 8 of this term. Students will receive their certificates at their next assembly. Keep up the great work everyone!

Prep B – Taylor W for showing confidence by always trying hard with any task.

Prep D – Sahara J for working so hard on your M100 words, writing and numbers at home. Your hard work is really paying off. Keep up the terrific work.

1A – Veronique G for demonstrating an improvement in her focus and endeavour this term, producing some excellent results.

1B – Carley B for doing your best in writing.

1C – Cooper S for being a super reader. Well done Cooper on working so hard and using your learned strategies to improve your reading.

1D – Yianni G for working hard at home and at school on his reading and writing.

1/2Z – Ally P for listening carefully, and following through with great results in her work.

2A – Hunter M for having the confidence to ask questions and make mistakes.

2D – Zac O for using his manners in class and putting in a great effort.

3B – Ryan K for displaying enthusiasm towards Maths tasks and sharing his understanding of fractions with his peers.

3C – Katie T for putting forth her best effort in everything she does.

3/4Z – Adam S for developing resilience in being able to control his anxiety in challenging situations.

4A – Isaac T for his consistent and positive approach at school.

4C – Emma B for presenting a wonderful biography on a well known Aboriginal.

5A – Christina N for working hard on your spelling words and making a huge improvement.

5C – Victoria G for being an outstanding role model to her peers and always having a positive attitude.

5D – Eliza D for her enthusiasm, humour and positive attitude to school and her peers.

6C – Luke P for an entertaining and informative presentation about Federation. Well done Luke, great work!

6D – Molly M for consistently striving to do her best and coming to school with a bright smile every day.

SPECIALIST CLASS AWARDS for last week were: Art – 6D, P.E – 5D, Music – 4B, Italian – 3A, French – 5A and Computers – 4C . Congratulations to these classes on their super efforts with our specialist teachers.

STAFF v STUDENTS BASKETBALL MATCH

At lunchtime on Wednesday a large number of students challenged our extremely talented staff team to a game of basketball in the Hall.

Once again the staff were victorious.

Thank you to all who participated and to Miss Conway for organising this fun activity.

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NAME BIRTHDAY

Dylan W 4 June

Isaac S 4 June

Jordan S 4 June

Ella F 4 June

Brock S 5 June

Shae B 5 June

Maddison L 5 June

Dylan H 5 June

Tahlie Z 5 June

Alicia G 5 June

Hannah M 6 June

Kristy R 6 June

Cooper T 7 June

Jack S 7 June

Eve E 8 June

Ned R 8 June

Lena F 8 June

Mitchell D 9 June

Jake C 9 June

Caitlyn M 9 June

Ava J 10 June

Charli M 10 June

Zoe R 10 June

MUNCH MONITOR ONLINE LUNCH ORDERS

Lunch Orders are available online on Monday, Thursday and Friday.

How do I set up an account to order online:

Go to: www.munchmonitor.com

Click LOGIN then REGISTER

Enter School Id: plps and Password: munch3197

Then follow the 4 easy steps to create your account:

STEP 1: Create a Parent Profile by entering information about yourself.

STEP 2: Add your Students to your account.

STEP 3: Transfer money to your account by clicking the Account Top-up button

STEP 4: Click MY ORDERS and you’re ready to Order lunches!

Orders can be cancelled on the day as late as 8.30am and should you have any concerns with your lunch order, please call Bellbrook Catering direct on 9796 5888.

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating

their birthday during the next week. We hope you have a lovely day.

CANTEEN NEWS

MONDAY’S ONLY

SAUSAGE ROLL AND DRINK SPECIAL

ONLY $4.00

Try our new Monday only Sausage Roll n Drink special.

You get a Sausage Roll (with or without Sauce)

PLUS

A GLEE 100% Juice (Carbonated).

Canteen News

Hot Dogs will be unavailable to order

on Fridays only.

Sorry for any inconvenience

2015 Athletics Carnival (Yrs 3-6)

Friday 24th July

Parent Helpers Required!

Please contact conway.michelle.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

NEWS FROM THE LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

LANGUAGE PERFECT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

Once again 35 students from PLPS took the opportunity to participate in the Language Perfect World Championships 2015. For ten days, 18th to 29th May, they had a great experience learning and competing by answering 29,519 questions. Their effort put our school in 1st place for Italian in the 1-50 students category in Victoria out of 12 schools. In the global ranking in the category 1-50 students for Italian we achieved the 7th place out of 92 schools.

Congratulations to Sarah B, Sophie B, and Fletcher R on achieving a Silver and two Bronze Awards, and also congratulations to the other 32 students for their participation.

The certificates will arrive before the end of the term and will be presented at Assembly. Well done!!

Clara Mangone,

Languages Teacher

Division Cross Country

Well done to the 22 students who represented PLPS at Division Cross Country. With around 70 competitors in each event we had some fantastic results! Jackson M, Islay P and Olivia P were very close to qualifying for regionals.

Great effort everyone!

Age Gender Name Place at Division

12/13 Boys James M 34th

12/13 Boys Joel Z 35th

12/13 Girls Jerzie V 27th

12/13 Girls Charli H Injured

11 Boys Liam W 22nd

11 Boys Jackson M 12th

11 Boys Kobe M 29th

11 Boys Charlie A 37th

11 Boys Ty L 26th

11 Boys Dylan A 30th

11 Girls Sapphire H 28th

11 Girls Abbey T 30th

11 Girls Jae B 49th

11 Girls Maddi C 48th

11 Girls Tiffany C 36th

9/10 Boys Nikita D 30th

9/10 Boys Hayden S 49th

9/10 Girls Islay P 14th

9/10 Girls Agen V 41st

9/10 Girls Olivia P 15th

9/10 Girls Katie T 56th

9/10 Girls Charlotte K 47th

Hoop Time!

This year PLPS will be entering Yr 3’s and Yr 5/6’s into Hoop Time.

Hoop Time competitions are held in Term 3.

We will be holding tryouts for Yr 3 students of ANY level of ability to

create various teams.

We will be holding tryouts for Yr 5/6 students to create an ‘All Star Team’.

Try outs will be held in the school hall at lunchtime on the following dates:

For further information please visit: www.hooptimebasketball.com.au

Tuesday 9th June Thursday 11th June Tuesday 16th June Thursday 18th June

Year 3 Girls Year 3 Boys Year 5/6 Girls Year 5/6 Boys

EDUCATION WEEK @ PATTO: 25th

–

Once again, Patto has celebrated a wonderful Education Week.

The week started with the corridors and classrooms bubbling on Monday morning with parents, grandparents, aunties and

uncles joining in classroom activities. It was fabulous to see so many enthusiastic people having a look as to what happens in

the classrooms. The Family Picnic and Book Fair followed on at lunchtime. We were excited to have a beautiful, sunny day for

families to enjoy lunch together. Most families then went into the Book Fair and purchased a book (or two) to read.

On Tuesday, year levels celebrated the theme of Education Week ‘Crack the Code’. Each class and year level had a Maths

focus for the day. It is fabulous to hear so many children voicing “I love Maths”.

House spirit was alive and happening on Wednesday; students were dressed in their house polo tops accompanied by face

paint and hair spray! The whole school was placed into house groups combining children from Prep to Year 6. Children

completed house rotation activities with house teachers and had a wonderful time. After lunch, the school gathered together to

enjoy the spectacular Patto’s Got Talent. Most students were audience members, cheering on their house representatives in

the finals. The competition was enthralling, with students in P-2 and 3-6 displaying an array of talent. Congratulations to all

finalists and to the winners: Marcus C (1C Thompson Tornadoes) and Jerzie V (6B McLeod Mustangs). Thank you also to Mrs

Carmona for her wonderful organisation of the event. Open Afternoon was an enjoyable end to a successful House Rally Day.

Many families visited different classrooms to complete the House riddle competition. Wells Wildcats was the winning house

with 178 correct answers.

A ‘splash of yellow’ was seen everywhere on Thursday. Once again, children were in support of our Welfare Day by wearing

yellow and making a gold coin donation. The whole school joined together on the oval and had the ‘Biggest Morning Tea’; we

raised $832.75 for the Cancer Council of Victoria…a SENSATIONAL effort and something to be very proud of. Thank you to all

who kindly donated. This was then followed with classes buddying up and enjoying time with one another. The children love

being with their buddies.

Walk to School Day was a big success. Floods of children walked to school and entered the school gates red faced from their

brisk morning walk. It was a very fresh morning and a fabulous way to end a hugely successful Education Week at Patto.

I would like to thank all children, families and teachers for their support, enthusiasm and contributions to Education Week 2015.

Sam Marston

BIGGEST MORNING TEA

OPEN MORNING

YEAR 4 MATHS TRAIL

HOUSE RALLY DAY

PATTO’S GOT TALENT GRAND FINAL

Recount of Education Week from Audrey D (PB)

War Descendant.

The news was almost unbearable for a little eight year old boy like me. I

had been so close to my grandpa and now he was gone. His funeral was

today. Everyone looked glum and their clothes were dull. He had been a

kind man and one of the last known survivors from World War 1 to still

be alive. He had always told me stories about his experiences there.

They were probably my best memories of him so I decided to think more

about them.

I remembered every day after school I would visit him and he’d tell me

about his fights alongside military leaders such as Anton Haus and Oskar

Potiorek. My grandfather lost his brother and some of his friends to

that war. He told me that most men going over to war had no idea what

it was really like. The government didn’t tell them the whole truth and

that made me annoyed whenever I thought about it. Grandfather ex-

plained how hard life was and how strong the soldiers had to be. I was

snapped out of my thoughts when mum called me over, her face streaked

with tears. It was time for the funeral to start and I felt my own tears

cold against my cheeks.

I didn’t really want to attend the funeral I knew it would just make me

feel even sadder. Thankfully nobody forced me to go in so I sat outside

on the steps. I looked around to try and see something that might cheer

me up but everything was a blur through my tears. The only thing I could

do was think about all the good times we had together and I ended up

drifting back to the war stories he would always tell me. About how

their first attempt was a failure and most of them got shot down before

they got to shore. It wasn’t exactly a cheery thought, but at least they

knew what to expect the next time they came and they were much more

successful.

Maybe it’s because I was a little kid but I loved hearing about all the

weapons they used. The main weapon was a rifle that could shoot and kill

from up to 1,400 meters away. The machine guns had to be on a flat

surface and worked by 4-6 men but they had the firepower of 100 guns.

The German army were the first to use chlorine gas on the second bat-

tle of Cypress from 22nd of April–May 15th, 1915. But the most common

and probably most dangerous was mustard gas which started to take

effect after 24 hours, which was slow but the effects were pretty bad.

The Zeppelin (also known as a blimp) was used by the Germans for

bombing raids. They carried machine guns and bombs but got abandoned

because they were too easy to shoot down. The first tank used in the

World War1 was named “Little Willie” and needed a crew of three.

Although there were many more weapons that were really cool I liked

other parts of his stories too like the Battle of Lone Pine. My

grandfather hadn’t actually been at that battle but he had friends that

were. It was a bloody battle but probably one of the bigger successes

for Australia. We may have lost over 2,000 people but that was nothing

compared to their six or so thousand. We managed to take all the

trenches which is why it was a success.

My grandfather was only at Gallipoli for a year before he came back

home to Australia. When he returned he got his war medals which I still

have today. He got those medals for his bravery and service to

Australia. The highest award any war soldier could get was a VC which

stands for Victoria Cross. 65 Australians received that award including

some who died at war like Captain Alfred Shout.

I had always cherished these memories and I always will. Looking back at

them now I felt a sense of pride and I knew there was no point in crying

about his death. At least he’d be with all the other war heroes now.

WRITERS OF THE MONTH MAY 2015

What to do in an Emergency!

When there is an emergency you need

to do these things because otherwise

you can not get out. You need to get

down low and go, go, go! That means

that you get down on your knees and

go, go, go out of the house. You will

have to survive the fire because fire

is dangerous and you have to stay

calm. You have to call 000 because

there is no other way you can call the

police and other officers. if anything

goes wrong and your parents can’t get

to the phone you will have to go to

the phone.

Winter Health – Beating the Bugs In Australia, our influenza 'flu' season typically runs from May to October, usually peaking in August.

It is just not possible to stop all bugs from spreading at school, however, a lot of illnesses can be prevented and controlled simply by practicing good hygiene.

Handy hygiene tips for you and your family

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing

Throw used tissues in plastic-lined rubbish bins

Wash your hands with soap and water, preferably warm water if available

Reduce the spread of germs by avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth

What can you do to prevent the spread of infectious diseases?

The three main ways of preventing the spread of infection are: 1. Remind your child of effective hygiene methods.

2. Keep your child home when they are unwell. Your doctor will let you know if your child has an 'excludable' condition. You will need to advise the school as soon as possible and keep your child home for the length of time that your doctor advises.

3. Ensure your child's immunisations are up to date.

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

Olympic Ice Skate Centre - Celebration Skate Comp

Celebration Skate Queens Birthday Weekend, Saturday 6th June 4.30pm. Masters Skate Competition Monday 8th June 12.30pm. Free Entry, 1080 Centre Road, Oakleigh

Mordialloc Neighbourhood House

Tai Chi classes run every Tuesday from 1.30pm - 2.30pm For more information or bookings phone 9587 4534

Be A Guide For A Day - June School Holidays

Tuesday 30th June 2015, Carrum Community Guide Hall, Cnr Walkers & Dyson Rd, Carrum. 6 - 12 year old girls. For enquiries call Jan Withers 9772 7775 or 0421 042 296.

Gravity Zone - $10 Special Friday 5th June 2015

Just mention PLPS Friday 5th June and pay only $10 for 3 hours jumping. Please call 1300 479 663 for bookings.

School Holiday Basketball Camp

Bonbeach Stadium 3 day camp (June 30th, July 1st & 2nd) and (July 7th , 8th & 9th) 10am - 3pm, $90 for 3 days or $35 per day. Call Peter on 9776 1895 for details or email manager@chelseabasketball.com.au for registration forms.

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